Nightmares ; Bonkai

chapter 7

I looked from one mindless piece of artwork to the next, making my way down the hall. 'I hate these' I thought as I ticked them off as I went. Trapped in another decade, frozen in time, left behind, and paralyzed; very similar to my own predicament I find myself in time and time again. I make my way down the hall, opening the doors as I go, calling out for Kai and getting angrier at each empty room I find. I'm reaching the end of the hallway when I see a bulb go out right in front of me, and then another, leaving the darkness less than a foot from my face. I gasp and take an involuntary step back, trying to find my bearings to run when the next light goes out and I'm surrounded by dark shadows swarming around, moving so fast I feel dizzy trying to look through it for my way out. I feel my chest start to tighten and want to scream when I feel a hand reach around my forearm and gently pull me in their direction. I try to see through the smoke but can't make out anything so I blindly follow the leader until my next breath is full of fresh air and I'm standing outside the opening of the cave in the woods. I look next to me and see Kai staring back at me, nodding towards the cave for me to walk in first. I look back at him then towards the cave, steering myself for what's to come and head inside to the small space surrounded by a circle of light. He walks past me and straight to the position in the middle of the light then stretches out his arm palm up, knife in hand. I blow out a breath and step towards him, grabbing the knife quickly and slicing my palm before reaching for his other hand with the ascendant and spilling the blood over it. I keep my hand wrapped around his wrist and start the spell, eyes shut tight. If I look at him I'm terrified I will stop the spell, or feel justified continuing, or try to kill him before the spells over. I heard the ticks and whirs of the ascendant, signaling it and my magic intermingling, and felt my equilibrium thrown off as this wave of dizziness almost knocked me off my feet. Kai grabbed onto my hip with his other hand to steady me, our eyes locking when I glanced up at him. His eyebrows were crinkled, almost as if he was worried for me. I looked down at the ascendant in his hand then back into his gaze, his eyes reflecting the smile he had on as he nodded for me to continue. I shook my head and took a deep breath, - figured, hell, if he gets bad enough it'll be easier for me to stick him back in this prison than keep him locked inside - and started in on the last verse of the spell. I looked overhead and saw the sun was almost completely eclipsed, in moments I would be home. I felt the hand that was on my waist move to cup the side of my face and neck, bringing my gaze back down into his. His smile was so genuine and unguarded I couldn't help but smile the same way back and in the blink of an eye his lips were on mine. But this wasn't just a quick thank you peck, no, this was a deep kiss of gratitude that I felt go straight down my spine and made my toes tingle. I gasped and tried to pull back but my head was locked in his grasp, and he didn't seem like he planned on letting go. He glanced down to see if he was still in the circle and leaned back in, his lips exploring mine as his hand with the ascendant wrapped around my back and pulled me closer, deepening the kiss. I tried to lean my head back, which happened to press my chest more into his, and he followed my tilting his head forward. Feeling a rush of adrenaline, I pushed both my hands into his hair to take control of the kiss and felt him moan against my mouth as the light above us flashed and we were teleported out of the cave.

Bonnie woke up the same way as she usually did; shooting straight out of bed with a racing heartbeat, confusion, and fear. She looked around her to see if Kai made his way into her bed and pushed her hands through her hair trying to piece together what just happened. An overwhelming sense of anxiety and confusion were definitely swarming around her every thought, fear ever present as well. She touched her lips and could swear they felt like they were tingling, her breath catching replaying when he deepened the kiss. She jumped out of bed, needing to move around in some way to keep up with how quickly her thoughts were going and made her way into the living room, surprised to see Kai never moved from the couch. She stayed frozen in the doorway, staring at the side of his profile and wondering; how? How does one become so deranged, how can one look so innocent while they do it, how is he in every waking moment of her life? She walked to the side of the couch and kicked the armrest hoping it would jolt him awake; no luck. She went in front of him and threw a couple pieces of popcorn at his head, still nothing. Sighing she walked directly in front of him and starting ripping the blanket out from under him, making his eyes open and spring into action after only a few tugs.